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Why is DeSantis tanking?
Washington Examiner ^ | September 21, 2023 12:34 PM | by Byron York, Chief Political Correspondent

Posted on 09/21/2023 11:12:27 AM PDT by conservative98

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To: Rastus

Certainly running on election integrity without being able to admit publicly that Trump won is a nonstarter. That still doesn’t explain why his downfall has been this precipitous.


41 posted on 09/21/2023 12:10:15 PM PDT by erlayman (E )
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To: Political Junkie Too
Left out his excellent handling of two hurricane recoveries. Natural disasters are unexpected emergencies that require nimble response and decisive decision making and action

There are no unexpected natural disaster emergencies in Florida. The last one was the sixth hurricane and 21st tropical storm just on RDS'S watch. Knowing what to do is a minimum expectation of the governor of Florida.

Everything about RDS has been a rewrite or an exaggeration.

42 posted on 09/21/2023 12:10:29 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia ( )
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To: Political Junkie Too; All

Remember the horrible handling of all of the hurricanes in Florida was governed By Rick Scott. Only surpassed by the way !Jeb handled them for 8 years prior....what were the names of the natural disasters again? Oh...that’s wrong, they did fine? Shocking, what aren’t they both in the white house?


43 posted on 09/21/2023 12:11:36 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: conservative98

Funny how all the candidates EXCEPT Trump seems to flounder around, swapping places...but always well behind Trump.


44 posted on 09/21/2023 12:12:18 PM PDT by BobL (I own an F150 so that I can tow my boat all day Saturday and look Manly)
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To: bk1000

The Democrats played him and the GOPE masterfully.


45 posted on 09/21/2023 12:14:36 PM PDT by cnsmom
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To: Tell It Right
IMHO DeSantis would be in first place if Trump gets taken out by the Xiden's Dept of Injustice. DeSantis' track record as governor makes him attractive to those of us a very small minority of us who lean Trump (IMHO) if we're forced to pick somebody else.

There, corrected it for you!
46 posted on 09/21/2023 12:14:39 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Trump has all the right enemies, DeSantis has all the wrong friends.)
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To: Red Badger
He really should have waited until 2028.

I’m actually glad he didn’t wait until 2028. While it’s not possible to predict the future, there might be less scrutiny of DeSantis if he waited until 2028 and was the defacto front runner. This year he’s been exposed and we know he’ll do anything bid donors will say. He’s firmly in the Bush side of the party. I don’t forgive that. He’ll never get my vote. I really don’t want to vote for anyone that has spent his entire life as a government employee.

47 posted on 09/21/2023 12:15:04 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (The Delay Trump’s trial, delay. Elect Trump President. Trump pardons himself. )
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To: Political Junkie Too

He was a Dem.


48 posted on 09/21/2023 12:15:37 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (I don’t see why they would)
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To: Right_in_Virginia
Right.

And the Pine Island Bridge rebuilt itself in three days. DeSantis didn't make that happen, Government built that bridge.

-PJ

49 posted on 09/21/2023 12:16:27 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: frogjerk; All

If he is it is more likely to be Nikki Haley than Ron DeSantis. It’s a false premise to assume it’s Trump or DeSantis. Party Bosses are much more likely to back her and the MAGA base don’t remember her as a pure Trump basher. As thar is true even Tim Scott would be better than both of them. MAGA by and large isn’t anti Scott, He hasn’t really turned on Trump(certainly not too overtly) and the party Bosses see him as one of them. Desanctimonius has made sure that MAGA isn’t on board with him and the party Bosses only like him now because they think he can peel away some of the MAGA vote.


50 posted on 09/21/2023 12:16:59 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: Responsibility2nd
And why are Angry Trumpers even more afraid of DeSantis the lower he falls in current polls?

No one is afraid of Ronny --- he's an unlikable ankle-biter.

51 posted on 09/21/2023 12:18:45 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia ( )
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To: Lisbon1940
And a manic depressive.

But heck, let's normalize the accomplishments of all Florida governors to be the same-old same-old... just to diminish the reputation of one of them.

-PJ

52 posted on 09/21/2023 12:19:28 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Responsibility2nd; All

If Trump is “taken out” then America is already over. A free America wouldn’t prevent Trump from running and they wouldn’t have him assassinated. The Repuke who runs an election under this scenario is scum and should be treated as such.


53 posted on 09/21/2023 12:20:12 PM PDT by wiseprince (Me)
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To: Political Junkie Too

There’s nothing extraordinary about knowing how to handle a cleanup after a hurricane; not in the state of Florida.

But, maybe you should recommend Ron for President Trump’s first Hurricane Czar.


54 posted on 09/21/2023 12:25:06 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia ( )
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To: NWFree

One reason only:

He “hooked up” with the Uniparty funding machine


55 posted on 09/21/2023 12:32:30 PM PDT by BereanBrain
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To: Tell It Right

I would have agreed with you on this if it was earlier in the year. I think DeSantis has hurt himself, perhaps beyond redemption, by the McRomBush support he has associated himself with - as many have pointed out. People trust him less now than they did before. I wonder now if we will have a candidate that has any chance of winning if Trump is arrested and locked up. I always thought Kerri Lake has the fire that Trump seems to have but she does not have his kind of support or name recognition (and she’s running for Senate). I think you and I know there’s no political solution for our country. There may have been a spiritual one at some point in the past but I think we are beyond that now and under God’s judgement. I don’t see a turn around.


56 posted on 09/21/2023 12:38:23 PM PDT by Lake Living
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To: Right_in_Virginia
Maybe I should recommend you for governor of Florida if there's nothing extraordinary about it?

-PJ

57 posted on 09/21/2023 12:39:55 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Right_in_Virginia
Are you suggesting that meth addict Andrew Gillum would have done just as good a job as DeSantis if there was nothing extraordinary about it?

-PJ

58 posted on 09/21/2023 12:41:27 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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To: Political Junkie Too
Are you suggesting that meth addict Andrew Gillum would have done just as good a job as DeSantis if there was nothing extraordinary about it?

Are you suggesting DeSantis not being a meth addict is extraordinary?

59 posted on 09/21/2023 12:54:24 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia ( )
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To: Right_in_Virginia
Now you're just deflecting. It was a straight-forward question that you obviously don't want to or can't answer because your position is flawed.

-PJ

60 posted on 09/21/2023 12:59:31 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( * LAAP = Left-wing Activist Agitprop Press (formerly known as the MSM))
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